Article in German journal comes days forward of elections in Italy.
Giorgia Meloni, chief of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia celebration, options on the entrance cowl of Germany’s weekly present affairs journal Stern alongside a title that reads “probably the most harmful girl in Europe”.
The controversial headline is a part of an article that begins: ‘Postfascist Giorgia Meloni can win the elections in Italy with the assistance of Putin’s mates. That will have excessive penalties for us.”
The article within the broadly left-liberal journal, written by Luisa Brandl and Andrea Ritter, hits newsstands in Germany on Thursday, a couple of days earlier than Italians vote in a common election on 25 September.
“She presents herself as Christian, fashionable and innocent” – the cowl story reads – “On the identical time Giorgia Meloni desires to rework Italy into an authoritarian state, if she wins the elections.”
The article references Meloni’s tirades towards the “LGBT foyer” and her help of Hungary’s far-right prime minister Victor Orbán, and alleges that in 2020 she unfold “faux information concerning the coronavirus and tweeted that the EU would profit from the pandemic, with out explaining precisely how”.
Die gefährlichste Frau Europas: Postfaschistin Giorgia #Meloni kann mithilfe von #Putin-Freunden die Wahl in #Italien gewinnen – das hätte excessive Folgen für uns. Der neue stern ist ab morgen am Kiosk erhältlich – und ab sofort auch bei uns im Store! #italien #wahl #giorgiameloni pic.twitter.com/38JhgMmcY9
— stern (@sternde) September 21, 2022
Stern additionally states: “Meloni says she is a Christian, however that does not essentially imply she likes going to church”, including that she “helps ultra-conservative teams which, within the identify of God, are mobilising towards the best to abortion and ‘unnatural’ households”.
The article underlines the Russian connections of Meloni’s allies in the rightist bloc her celebration dominates – Lega chief Matteo Salvini and Forza Italia chief Silvio Berlusconi – claiming that each “keep hyperlinks with the Kremlin. Via them, Putin would for the primary time have allies within the authorities of a Western European nation and with their assist he might destabilise the Union.”
When it comes to overseas coverage, in keeping with Stern, “a lot means that Meloni could have a practical method at a European degree, to make sure that Brussels continues to ship cash to Rome”.
The article in Stern follows a equally titled piece revealed in August by The Spectator which requested “Is Giorgia Meloni probably the most harmful girl in Europe?”
Meloni, who’s main in opinion polls forward of elections, has insisted that she won’t be a hazard to democracy if she turns into premier, contending that her celebration has “consigned fascism to historical past”.
